UC Berkeley Class of 2021 Appeal Thread

does anyone know if appeal only works if theres spots left over?

@hiyahiya123 That is the general assumption.

GUYS!
I logged into my berkeley portal this morning and I have the option to submit a letter of rec. but there is a message saying that I should refrain from submitting any LOR unless they email me. I checked my email and I have not received any invitation to submit a LOR, but I have the option to on my portal? I called the admissions office and the lady that helped me seemed really confused.

Does anyone have the same thing pop up in their portal? btw it only pops up if I log in to the portal using my laptop. For some reason the message does not pop up on my cell phone.

Also, I am kind of worried I might have been sent an email requesting a letter of rec but it just never arrived in my inbox because when I submitted my appeal, I never got a confirmation email and my friend did. hmmm I’m going to try emailing someone who I met at the admissions office because I want to make sure that I am not missing out on the opportunity to submit a LOR lmao

GUYS
When I log on to MAP it was different, it asked me to select an application and so I clicked the only one Fall 17 and then it brought me to a page with this message:

Our records indicate that you were not invited to submit a letter of recommendation as of yet. Should this change, we will send you an email to inform you of the change and will instruct you on how to submit this information.

Please note that not every student is invited to submit a letter of recommendation. Receiving an invitation is not an indication of any student’s admissions status. Upon initial review of application, our office may determine that we would like more information. If you do not receive this invitation we ask that you please refrain from sending any information to our office. Any unsolicited information, including letters of recommendation, is not guaranteed to be reviewed in the application process.

And then it gave me the option to add a recommender.

But now I am really nervous because I didn’t add a recommender and clicked ‘Continue’ and it brought me back to the normal page.

@LDRAW I didn’t receive an invitation in an email, either, but received a confirmation email when I submitted the appeal.

I just checked my email and I don’t think I ever received a confirmation email for my appeal – but, my portal acknowledges my appeal so…

I didnt receive a confirmation email for my appeal too… And whats with this new ‘Recommendations’ page right after login? The statement on the page says not the send any info if you didnt receive an email invite, but the button is extremely enticing…

Anyone else has the weird ‘Recommendations’ page?

I don’t have anything new on my portal, hope that’s not a bad sign

@dreamstocollege I have it as well

Did any of you guys with the recommendation page asked to submit letters of recommendation during the month of December. Also, for the people who were asked for letters of recommendation during the month of December, do you guys have the recommendation page in your login account right now?

@Bakasworld I was asked for a LOR, submitted one, and now I do not have the recommendation page on my portal. Maybe it’s a bug that it’s showing up at all? I know their appeal submission site was a bit glitchy (code showing as text on the page)

@pleasgod Are you talking about receiving a letter of recommendation request for the month of December or this month. If you received a request this month, were you asked to send a letter of recommendation for the month of December?

@Bakasworld No I didn’t get a request this month, it was in December. Has anyone gotten a request after appealing? BTW some UCLA appeal decisions came out if any of you guys also appealed there

I contacted berkeley and they told me that there is no indication on my application for a LOR and that I should just ignore the recommendation page for now. I was not requested for a LOR back in December.

does anybody else’s portal now have 4 addresses instead of 2 in the “Verify Address” sidebar

@amoghden Check the Berkeley Waitlist 2021 Thread because I think waitlisted students posted about having address glitches prior to be accepted to Berkeley. I am not too sure though and I could be thinking about the UCLA Waitlist Class of 2021 Thread.

Yeah it appears that some Berkeley waitlist admits had the same glitch, just checked the thread. Strange thing is I tried logging in again 2 mins ago and the glitch is gone (I’m back to 2 addresses). Oh well, guess waiting is the only way to tell.

smh berkeley has the top ranked cs program in the nation yet they can’t make a functional portal site